Synopsis
NEW UPDATED 2025 VERSION of "The Looper's Companion Guide". You don't need to be apprehensive of cruising America's Great Loop; you just need to be prepared. And no one prepares future Loopers for cruising the Loop better than Capt. John. This is his 2025 updated edition of what has been our #1 BESTSELLING Great Loop Guidebook for the past eight years. Three time "Book of the Year" award winner - "The Looper's Companion Guide" has continually been the #1 most highly rated Great Loop publication in the Nautical Market.
This is a huge 8.5 x 11 x 285-pages with full-color maps & photos. It is available in both Hardcover & Paperback. It promises to be your most beneficial planning and cruising guide you will find from any one single source or publication.
This version includes Capt. John's previous Best Seller "Looping By the Numbers". So, you are actually getting two of his Best Selling books in one - a savings of more than $45.
It not only guides you from one safe destination to the next, it also takes all the guess work out of planning your route both thru the USA and Canada as well as the most popular side trips. It gives you each and every single cruising day destination, distance, fuel range, bridge clearance, controlled depths, mile markers, waypoints and even includes recommended Marina's with phone numbers. Safest of all, it not only guides you from one safe destination to the next, it also provides the location of over 40 Free Docks & Walls and leaves you at a safe marina or anchorage every single evening in time to get settled in before dark.
From the most frugal and fuel-efficient boats to the most flamboyant and accommodating vessels, from sail to power, one engine or two, large and small - Capt. John gives you a real heads up on what your cruising costs and Looping expenses might be both on & off the water. He makes it easy to determine the most accurate budget based on your existing lifestyle, boat type, size and cruising speed. You will find a list of the recommended equipment, tools, amenities and accessories, as well as answers to the Top 25 Most frequently asked questions.
"The Looper's Companion Guide" provides you with all the information you want and need to make this voyage safely, comfortably, confidently, and best of all, affordably. You won't just be Ok with this purchase. You will be thrilled!
James Peoples,
CEO The Great Loop Information Center Inc.
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